Operating range of a gas electron multiplier for portal imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 151-155

  Wallmark, M ^a   Brahme, A ^a   Danielsson, M ^b   Fonte, P ^c   Iacobaeus, C ^a   Peskov, V ^b   Ostling J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LIP Coimbra   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Discharge study; Gas electron multiplier; Portal imaging device

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; HEAVY IONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZATION; TUMORS;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER; PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0041319160     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00980-9     Document Type: Article

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